Numerical Simulation of Field Flow within Hydrocyclone

Author

Deng, Song-Sheng ; Zhang, Pan-Feng ; Li, Zhao-Jie ; Wu, Jian-Jun ; Feng, Jian ; Shen, Yin-Hua

Author_Institution

Dept. of Pet. Supply Eng., LEU, Chongqing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

19-21 May 2009

Firstpage

395

Lastpage

397

Abstract

The flow field of hydrocyclone was simulated using commercial software FLUENT and Reynolds stress model in the paper. The results show that it correctly predicts the distribution rules of the velocity and the characteristics of Rankine-eddy. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental data published before, which proves the validity of mathematical model and computation method. The mathematical model and computing method can provide an effective way for the study of dynamic hydrocyclone such as flow field characteristics, separation mechanism and structural optimization design.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; flow simulation; hydrodynamics; mechanical engineering computing; separation; Reynolds stress model; commercial software FLUENT; flow field characteristics; hydrocyclone; numerical simulation; separation mechanism; structural optimization design; Blades; Chemical industry; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Cyclones; Design optimization; Equations; Mathematical model; Numerical simulation; Stress; RSM model; flow field; hydrocyclone; numerical simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 2009. WCSE '09. WRI World Congress on

Conference_Location

Xiamen

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3570-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCSE.2009.381

Filename

5319642